Talk about a disaster.
Never fear: Far EasTone Communications is ready to team up with the Chicom telecoms giant to correct the tragic lack of 3G, “e-reading”, soap-opera-downloading handhelds among China’s vast population of ruddy bumpkins. In return, all China Mobile is asking for is a juicy 12 percent stake in the firm.
Sure, Taiwan’s regulations prohibit Chinese stakes in our sensitive telecoms sector.
But after the beneficent one’s (er, Wang’s) audience with the cconomics minister, look for a quiet reversal of that policy in a few months time — when the link with wining and dining Wang ain’t so obvious.
Then, shall ye know, the God of Fortune truly does work in mysterious ways.
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